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Huge emergency response after fire engine smashes into wall with crew rescued
by Ashlie Blakey · Manchester Evening NewsA huge emergency response descended on a road in Leigh last night after a crash involving a fire engine.
The fire engine, which was believed to have been responding to an emergency at the time, careered into a wall on Manchester Road, near where it meets Chapel Street, at around 10.20pm on Sunday evening (September 29). Police officers and paramedics were called to the scene.
Firefighters also responded to assist their colleagues. A stretch of the road was cordoned off as one person was cut free from the fire engine.
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They were treated on the scene before being taken to hospital, a spokesperson for the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) confirmed. Another person 'self-rescued' from the vehicle'.
A spokesperson for the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) said: "At around 10:20pm yesterday evening (Sunday, 29th September), firefighters were called to reports of a crash on Manchester Road in Leigh. Two fire engines from Hindley and Farnworth fire stations and the Enhanced Rescue Unit from Ashton fire station quickly arrived at the scene, which involved a fire engine that had crashed into a wall.
"Greater Manchester Police closed the road while firefighters used the Technical Response Unit to extricate one casualty, who was treated at the scene by colleagues from the North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) and taken to hospital. Another casualty self-rescued from the vehicle.
"Crews were at the scene for around an hour and a half." A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Police confirmed officers responded to the incident at around 10.20pm and assisted fire crews and paramedics.